Senior NetApp Storage Architect & Data Center Lead

Avid Technology Professionals, LLC; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid Technology Professionals is seeking a Senior IT Consultant in Laurel, MD with hands-on NetApp experience. You will engage in storage design, implementation, and optimization across large-scale environments, including SAN/NAS, replication, and backup technology.

Ideal candidates have deep knowledge of storage protocols (S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel) and proven ability to lead complex migrations and performance tuning in data centers.

Qualifications

• Hands-on NetApp experience required.
• Strong knowledge of SAN/NAS storage concepts.
• Familiarity with storage protocols (S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel).
• Experience with backup and recovery tooling (NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, CommVault).
• Ability to design, size, and optimize large-scale storage environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement storage solutions across data centers.
• Lead storage migrations and replication projects.
• Optimize performance and availability of storage and backup environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet project goals.

Skills

NetApp experience

Storage tuning

Data center migrations

Storage replication

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

Cohesity

Rubrik

CommVault

Job description

Avid Technology Professionals is seeking a Senior IT Consultant in Laurel, MD with hands-on NetApp experience. You will engage in storage design, implementation, and optimization across large-scale environments, including SAN/NAS, replication, and backup technology.

Ideal candidates have deep knowledge of storage protocols (S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel) and proven ability to lead complex migrations and performance tuning in data centers.